1939 AP Rankings
| Final Poll For 1939 Season |
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
| 1939 AP |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 10-0-0 | | | 2 | Tennessee | 10-0-0 | |
| 3 | Southern California | 7-0-2 | | | 4 | Cornell | 8-0-0 | |
| 5 | Tulane | 8-0-1 | | | 6 | Missouri | 8-1-0 | |
| 7 | UCLA | 6-0-4 | | | 8 | Duke | 8-1-0 | |
| 9 | Iowa | 6-1-1 | | | 10 | Duquesne | 8-0-1 | |
| 11 | Boston College | 9-1-0 | | | 12 | Clemson | 8-1-0 | |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 7-2-0 | | | 14 | Santa Clara | 5-1-3 | |
| 15 | Ohio State | 6-2-0 | | | 16 | Georgia Tech | 7-2-0 | |
| 17 | Fordham | 6-2-0 | | | 18 | Nebraska | 7-1-1 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 6-2-1 | | | 20 | Michigan | 6-2-0 | |
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